,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ac1     
#bjai,mr4 ,udall 7for himself and ,mr4  
,romney7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
protect and educate children about the  
dangers of e-cigarettes and other       
electronic nicotine delivery systems1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,smoke-,free ,schools ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,the use of tobacco     
among young students remains a serious  
health concern1 with more than #a in    
every #d high school students1 and      
approximately #a in every #ad middle    
school students1 reporting recently     
using a tobacco product4  7#b7 ,roughly 
#ie percent of smokers will start       
smoking before they are #ba years of    
age1 with more than #ij percent of adult

 smokers reporting having started when  
they were teens4  7#c7 ,e-cigarettes and
 other electronic nicotine delivery     
systems 7commonly referred to as ,,ends7
 entered the market in #bjjf and1 by    
#bjad1 became the most commonly used and
 popular tobacco products among middle  
school and high school students4  7#d7  
,the use of electronic nicotine delivery
 systems1 including e-cigarettes1       
continues to rise1 with the ,centers for
 ,disease ,control and ,prevention and  
the ,food and ,drug ,administration     
having recorded a #gh-percent increase  
in e-cigarette use among high school    
students and a #dh-percent increase in  
e-cigarette use among middle school     
students from #bjag to #bjah4  7#e7 ,the
 most recent data finds that #c1fbj1jjj 
middle school and high school students  
were current e-cigarette users in #bjah1
 an increase of #a1ejj1jjj students in  
just one year4  7#f7 ,despite a #bjah   
,national ,academies of ,sciences1      
,engineering1 and ,medicine report that 

found e-cigarette aerosol contained     
fewer toxicants than combusted cigarette
 smoke1 e-cigarettes present unique     
health concerns for middle school and   
high school students4  7#g7 ,electronic 
nicotine delivery systems1 including    
e-cigarettes1 can contain nicotine1 a   
drug the ,surgeon ,general has          
determined is highly addictive and can  
be harmful to the development of the    
adolescent brain4  7#h7 ,congress has a 
major policy-setting role in ensuring   
that the use of tobacco products among  
minors is discouraged to the maximum    
extent possible4  7#i7 ,additionally1   
local educational agencies should be    
given greater flexibility to target     
specific funding to efforts aimed at    
eradicating the problem of the use of   
electronic nicotine delivery systems1   
including e-cigarettes1 as such use     
affects student health1 productivity1   
safety1 and outcomes and impedes a      
distraction-free learning environment4  
#c4 ,prohibition of electronically      

delivered nicotine systems in schools   
7a7 ,prohibition ,the ,pro-,children    
,act of #bjja 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #giga et   
seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #hegb
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gigb71 by adding at the
 end the following3  7#f7 ,tobacco      
product ,the term tobacco product means 
a tobacco product within the meaning of 
the term under the ,federal ,food1      
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4
 #cja et seq474  2 and  7#b7 in section 
#hegc 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gigc7-- 7,a7 in   
subsection 7a71 by striking smoking and 
inserting the use of any tobacco        
product2  7,b7 in subsection 7b77#a71 by
 striking smoking and inserting the use 
of any tobacco product2  7,c7 in        
subsection 7c7--  7i7 in paragraph 7#a71
 by striking smoking and inserting the  
use of any tobacco product2 and  7ii7 in
 paragraph 7#b77;,a71 by striking       
smoking and inserting the use of any    
tobacco product2 and  7,d7 in subsection
 7d7-- 7i7 by striking ,notice4--,the   
and inserting the following3  ,notice4--

 7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in
 paragraph 7#b71 the  2 and  7ii7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
,rule for tobacco products ,any         
prohibition under subsections 7a7       
through 7c7 regarding a tobacco product 
that was not already prohibited1 as such
 section was in effect on the day before
 the date of enactment of the           
,smoke-,free ,schools ,act of #bjai1    
shall be effective #cj days after the   
date of enactment of such ,act4  4  7b7 
,conforming amendments ,the             
,pro-,children ,act of #bjja 7#bj       
,u4,s4,c4 #giga et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 in section #hega 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4    
#giga71 by striking part and inserting  
subpart2  7#b7 in section #hegb 7#bj    
,u4,s4,c4 #gigb7-- 7,a7 in the matter   
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
part and inserting subpart2 and  7,b7 in
 paragraph 7#b77;,b71 by striking part  
and inserting subpart2 and  7#c7 in     
section #hegd 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gigd71 by 
striking part each place the term       

appears and inserting subpart4  7c7     
,repeal ,the ,pro-,children ,act of     
#aiid 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fjha et seq47 is  
repealed4